The fate of trade relations between the US and Africa is reaching a tipping point.
As a part of the government funding package, the Senate passed a short-term extension to revive AGOA, the US-Africa trade program.
But even if the package succeeds when it returns to the House in the coming days, there are jitters among African policymakers, manufacturers, and exporters that the relationship will be fractured for some time.
AGOA, the African Growth and Opportunity Act that started in 2000, gives eligible sub-Saharan African countries duty-free access to the US market for thousands of products, in sectors such as fuel, agricultural goods, apparel, and automotive manufacturing.
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